Public broadcasting involves radio, television, and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. Public broadcasters receive funding from diverse sources including license fees, individual contributions, public financing, and commercial financing, and claim to avoid both political interference and commercial influence.
Record, formerly known as Rede Record and RecordTV, is a Brazilian free-to-air television network. It is currently the second largest commercial TV station in Brazil, and the 28th largest in the 2012 world ranking. In 2010, it was elected by the advertising market as the fifth largest station in the world in revenues and the eighth largest network in physical structure. In June 2021, it ranked second among the most watched channels in the country in the National Television Panel, behind only TV Globo.
TV Cultura or simply Cultura, is a free Brazilian non-commercial public television network headquartered in São Paulo and a part of Father Anchieta Foundation, a non-profit foundation funded by the São Paulo State Government. It focuses on educational and cultural subjects but also has sports as entertainment options.
TV Brasil is a Brazilian public television network owned by Empresa Brasil de Comunicação. Its main headquarters are in Brasília, DF and Rio de Janeiro, RJ, with owned-and-operated stations in São Paulo, SP and in São Luís, MA, as well as 21 states where its affiliated broadcasters operate, all components of the Rede Pública de Televisão.
Events from the year 2007 in Brazil.
The Empresa Brasil de Comunicação is a Brazilian public broadcasting state-owned company, created in 2007. The corporation is responsible for the content and management of TV Brasil, eight EBC radio stations, the news agency Agência Brasil, audio news agency Radioagência Nacional and the EBC Portal. As part of the services provided by the holding, the EBC is responsible for the government's official channel TV NBR, and the radio program A Voz do Brasil.
The Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro is a federally funded public university located in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It has several campuses in the city of Rio de Janeiro, including two in the Urca neighborhood.
Rede Excelsior was a Brazilian television network founded by Mário Wallace Simonsen on July 9, 1960, in São Paulo, São Paulo. Its last broadcast happened on September 30, 1970, when the Brazilian military dictatorship put an abrupt end to it.
TV Brasil Internacional is an international television station based in the city of the Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and also via Maputo in Mozambique. It broadcasts in the Portuguese language and was launched on 24 May 2010.
Events in the year 1992 in Brazil.
Events in the year 1953 in Brazil.
Events in the year 1993 in Brazil.
Events in the year 1960 in Brazil.
Events in the year 1986 in Brazil.
Events in the year 1981 in Brazil.
Events in the year 1982 in Brazil.
Edgar Roquette-Pinto was a Brazilian writer, ethnologist, anthropologist and physician. He was a member of the Academia Brasileira de Letras and is regarded as the father of radio broadcasting in Brazil.
TV Ceará is a Brazilian educational television station based in Fortaleza, capital of the state of Ceará, which operates on channel 5 and retransmits TV Cultura and TV Brasil programming. It is administered by the Ceará Teleducation Foundation (FUNTELC), a Ceará government body.
TV Nacional was a Brazilian television station based in Brasília, Federal District. It operated on VHF channel 2 and was owned by Radiobrás, a public company that controlled the Federal Government's communication vehicles, including the Nacional AM and FM radio stations. Nacional was one of the first three television stations to be opened in 1960 at the same time as the new federal capital, which until then was located in Rio de Janeiro. In 2007, with the merger between Radiobrás and the Associação de Comunicação Educativa Roquette Pinto do Rio, which resulted in the creation of Empresa Brasil de Comunicação, the broadcaster ended its activities to give way to TV Brasil Capital, generator and head of the TV Brasil network.
TV Encontro das Águas is a Brazilian public broadcasting television station based in Manaus, Amazonas. Owned by the Encontro das Águas Communication System, a group linked to the Amazon government that also controls Rádio Encontro das Águas, the station is affiliated with TV Brasil, and is a member of the Rede Nacional de Comunicação Pública.
